Sidef(3)

NAME
Sidef - The Sidef programming language.

DESCRIPTION
Sidef is a modern, high-level, general-purpose programming language, inspired by Ruby, Raku and Go.

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The main features of Sidef include:

•   object-oriented programming

•   functional programming

•   functional pattern matching

•   optional lazy evaluation

•   multiple dispatch

•   lexical scoping

•   lexical closures

•   keyword arguments

•   regular expressions

•   support for using Perl modules

•   optional dynamic type checking

•   big integers, rationals, floats and complex numbers

SYNOPSIS
    use Sidef;

    my $sidef = Sidef->new(
                           name => 'test',       # name of the program
                           opt  => {},           # command-line options
                           parser_opt => {},     # parser options
                          );

    # Sidef code
    my $code = 'say "1 + 2 = #{1 + 2}"';

    # Execute the code
    $sidef->execute_code($code);

    # Compile the code to Perl
    my $perl = $sidef->compile_code($code, 'Perl');

    # Parse the Sidef code into an AST
    my $ast = $sidef->parse_code($code);

    # Optimize the AST by performing constant-folding
    my $oast = $sidef->optimize_ast($ast);

    # Compile the AST back into Sidef code
    print $sidef->compile_ast($oast, 'Sidef');

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

  new
    my $s = Sidef->new(name => '...');

Creates a new Sidef object and returns it.

  parse_code
    my $ast = $s->parse_code($code);

Parses a given Sidef code and returns the AST.

  optimize_ast
    my $oast = $s->optimize_ast($ast);

Performs constant-folding and some other optimizations on a given AST.

Returns a new optimized AST.

  compile_ast
    my $ccode = $s->compile_ast($ast, $backend);

Compiles the AST into code and returns it.

Valid values for the backend are: 'Sidef', 'Perl'.

  compile_code
    my $ccode = $s->compile_code($code, $backend)

Parses and compiles the given Sidef code into target code and returns it.

Valid values for the backend are: 'Sidef', 'Perl'.

  execute_code
    my $result = $s->execute_code($code);

Parses, compiles and executes a given Sidef code and returns the result of the last statement.

WWW
You can find more info about Sidef, by clicking on the following links:

•   Gitbook: <https://trizen.gitbooks.io/sidef-lang/content/>

•   Tutorial: <https://github.com/trizen/sidef/wiki>

•   RosettaCode: <https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sidef>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013-2021 Daniel Șuteu, Ioana Fălcușan

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

<https://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic-license-20.html>

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